Watch the trailer, and then rent the film on NFB.ca. Sarah is a strangely closed-off personality It’s to the film’s credit that we can reflect so much on a complex young woman who reveals very little about herself. What ultimately emerges in Robichaud’s deliberate and introspective film is a portrait of a young woman with great potential, dedication, and desire, but very little certainty about the direction in which she’s headed. But it seems her clear-minded dedication to her sport doesn’t extend to much else in her life: she must face tensions in her relationships with her mother, her ersatz husband, her running teammates, and even her own body and mind.
In Sarah Prefers To Run (Sarah préfère la course), 20-year-old Sarah agrees to enter into a marriage of convenience with a friend in order to receive financial support that will help her pursue her athletic goals in an elite post-secondary running program. Writer/director Chloé Robichaud received a five-minute standing ovation at the Cannes premiere of her 2013 film about a young woman whose love for long-distance running seems to be a crutch for her confusion about everything else in her life. Let’s take a tour of the films! Dedication and desire: Sarah Prefers to Run These abstract concepts are given full form in 5 fascinating films about running, and you can watch all of them on NFB.ca.įrom the poetic vintage short Runner by the great Don Owen to the dark and intense 2013 drama by the bright young Quebecois filmmaker Chloé Robichaud, running is explored in detail through the magic of cinema. More than a physical pursuit, running is beloved for the states of mind it can create: from brain-flushing clarity to a heightened sensitivity to the present moment and even as a quest for self-knowledge, running could perhaps be considered one of the most existential of athletic pursuits.
It’s more than just plopping one foot in front of the other.įor running enthusiasts, the activity is an all-encompassing life philosophy.
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